Operations Rules Delivering Customer Value Through Flexible Operations

Name: Operations Rules Delivering Customer Value Through Flexible Operations
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ISBN: 9780262014748

ISBN-10: 0262014742

ISBN-13: 9780262014748

Edition: 2010

Authors: David Simchi-Levi

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In recent years, management gurus have urged businesses to adopt such strategies as just-in-time, lean manufacturing, offshoring, and frequent deliveries to retail outlets. But today, these much-touted strategies may be risky. Global financial turmoil, rising labor costs in developing countries, and huge volatility in the price of oil and other commodities can disrupt a company's entire supply chain and threaten its ability to compete. In Operations Rules, David Simchi-Levi identifies the crucial element in a company's success: the link between the value it provides its customers and its operations strategies. And he offers a set of scientifically and empirically based rules that management…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 9/24/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

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Preface



The Value of Operations



Operations Strategy



From Customer Value to Operations Strategy



Marching Products, Markets, and Strategies



Procurement and Supply Contracts as Competitive Weapons



Risk Mitigation Strategies



Rethinking the Role of Information Technology



Flexibility: The Key Enabler



System Flexibility



Process Flexibility



Product Design Flexibility



Emerging Trends



The Effects of Oil Price Volatility



Doing Well by Doing Good



Barriers to Success



The Bullwhip Effect



Rules


Index